Mallory
Mallory is an English surname. Spelling variants include Mallary, Mallery, Malorie, Mallorie, Mallerie and Mallorey. Mallory and Mallerie are also given names derived from the surname.
Meaning & Origin of Mallory
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mallory is an English surname. Spelling variants include Mallary, Mallery, Malorie, Mallorie, Mallerie and Mallorey. Mallory and Mallerie are also given names derived from the surname.
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The Story of Mallory
Mallory first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1938, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1986, when 3,325 Mallorys were born — ranking #83 that year. As of 2026, Mallory ranks #374 for baby girls with 811 births, rising sharply (+33% over the past five years). In total, more than 60K Mallorys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1930s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Mallory
Mallory is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1938 and has accumulated 60K births in the dataset. Mallory's peak popularity came in 1986 when it ranked #83. Use the chart and map above to compare Mallory's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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